Bray, C
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Special offer. Arise My Love - Music For the Break of Day
Alexander Potts, Flavius Dumitru, Alexander Pott, Henry Morris, Julian Hartley (tenor), Maurice Cole (tenor), Aidan MacLean (tenor), Ioan O'Reilly (bass-baritone), Blaise Durodie, Joseph Wragg (bass-baritone), Sadie Bosher (vocalist), Joshua Kenney (tenor), John Morshead (bass-baritone), Choir of...
The choir sings with a classic English cathedral sound: softedged attack, little concern for hyper-precision, and a treble sound marked by a gentle, airy breathiness...Not every piece convinces... —
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This witty, poignant and candid recital of songs centring on female experiences has to be one of the most arresting recording-debuts I've heard all year: Crawford's big, bright voice packs a... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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Upheld by Stillness
RecommendedRenaissance gems and their reflections - Volume 1: Byrd
ORA, Suzi Digby (artistic director and conductor)
ORA is made up of some of the UK’s finest consort singers, sitting to my ears somewhere between The Sixteen and Tenebrae…The melancholy severity of Byrd’s original is beautifully measured, ORA... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th February 2016
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Special offer. Charlotte Bray: At The Speed Of Stillness
Lucy Schaufer (mezzo-soprano), Alexandra Wood (violin), Claire Booth (soprano), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano), Huw Watkins (piano)
Aldeburgh World Orchestra & Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sir Mark Elder & Oliver Knussen
These six works by a new British composer (b1982) attest a sharp ear and a vigorous imagination...Inspired by the image of hidden dynamism Bray finds in Sizewell power station and its radial... —
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Special offer. Charlotte Bray: Chamber and Solo Works
Philipp Bohnen, Huw Watkins, Barbara Buntrock, Peter-Philipp Staemmler
Performances are as adept and perceptive as might be expected from such artists as Barbara Buntrock and Huw Watkins, with the Mariani and Amaryllis ensembles equally committed. —
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Tecchler's Cello: From Cambridge to Rome
Guy Johnston (cello), Tom Poster (piano), Magnus Johnston (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Stephen Cleobury, Carlo Rizzari
Barrière’s amiable Sonata for Two Cellos in G major unites [Johnston] with fellow BBC Young Musicians of the Year Sheku Kanneh-Mason. It’s a delectably nuanced performance, capped by a finale... —
